UNDATED (WKZO AM/FM) — Michigan State Police are joining a number of local police and health agencies using a federally created computer mapping system to track opioid overdoses.
It’s called ODMAP and it provides a way for health officials and police agencies to respond in real time to overdoses, and to study their patterns to aid research and find solutions.
State Police Lt. Travis House says until now if a batch of bad drugs hit the streets in a certain area, it might take them a while to notice the pattern. If a cluster emerges the ODMAP system will alert them.
It depends on the agencies that respond to overdoses in an area feeding data into the system, and is only accessible by health officials and first responders.
Lt. House says it may also help get dealers selling killer drugs off the streets.
(Copy written by John McNeill)
